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Walking Boosts Brainpower
9/4/2008 2:11:20 AM by adeal
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Older adults who take a brisk stroll just three times a week could boost their brainpower and reduce the risk of memory-robbing illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease.Research published in this week's issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association is believed to be the first to show that ho ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Can Our Mental Skills Fade Before Old Age?
9/2/2008 2:05:30 AM by adeal
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When it comes to getting older, is there a certain point when our mental skills start to fade? If this is true, is there anything we can do about it? To test this theory, researchers gathered 288 people, 126 men and 162 women, from one community in Sweden to get the answers. (MyHealthInsight.com)
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Lessons Learned About Fading Brainpower
8/29/2008 2:38:49 AM by adeal
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When it comes to getting older, is there a point when certain mental skills start to fade? If there is, what can we do about it? Researchers got together 288 people, 162 women and 126 men, from one community in Sweden (Goteborg) to get the answers. When the study began the participants did not have ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Study finds brain chemical underpinning human obesity
8/29/2008 2:34:54 AM by adeal
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Researchers have identified a brain chemical that is involved in controlling appetite and obesity -- a finding that could lead to develop treatments to help people with obesity, according to Thursday`s New England Journal of Medicine. (MyHealthInsight.com)
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# Seizures Likely Sign of Brain Injury After Stroke
8/25/2008 3:33:16 AM by adeal
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Stroke patients who suffer seizures are more likely to die within 30 days than stroke patients who don't have seizures are, a new study shows. Seizures may be a sign of significant brain injury and may occur in patients who've suffered any type of stroke. This study found that the overall incidence ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Brain-Eating Amoeba Strikes in Summer
8/25/2008 3:27:18 AM by adeal
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Six young men died last year after swimming in lakes or pools infested with a brain-eating amoeba, the CDC reports. The bad blobs — known as Naegleria fowleri or N. fowleri — thrive in warm, fresh water all over the world. But the key word here is warm. The amoeba loves heat. In the U.S., it inhabit ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Brain's counting skill 'built-in'
8/19/2008 6:27:20 AM by adeal
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A study in Australian Aboriginal children, whose languages lack number words, found they did just as well as English-speaking children in numeracy. The findings contradicts other research which found having "counting words" was the key to developing number skills. The study appears in the Proceeding ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Fifth of HIV patients vulnerable to brain damage
8/19/2008 6:10:31 AM by adeal
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Washington, Aug 19 : A fifth of HIV patients are particularly vulnerable to brain damage like dementia and other disorders when the lethal virus manages to slip out of the bloodstream and cross into the brain.Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found strong evidence that a compon ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Brain can adapt to changing situations
8/19/2008 6:09:29 AM by adeal
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As you are on the verge of leaving the office after the day's work is done, three things happen within a few minutes. You wife calls to tell you to pick up some milk on the way home. Then within moments, she calls you again to buy some items from the hardware store.Based on your knowledge of the are ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Detox diets can cause brain damage, warn doctors
7/24/2008 4:56:58 AM by adeal
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A detox diet might be the quick way of getting rid of those love handles, but according to health experts, the "hydration diet" is dangerous and must be avoided. The stark warning comes after a mother suffered a massive epileptic fit brought on by severe sodium deficiency just one week into a hydrat ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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